East Asian anti-cultism stems from an unholy alliance between Christian heresy hunters and left-leaning lawyers, politicians, and media.
Massimo Introvigne
Holger Chen’s Shanghai Sojourn: A Taiwanese Influencer Under Influence
A study by Li Hou-chen in “Lingua Sinica” examines how China’s VIP guests are outmaneuvered and manipulated to further CCP propaganda.
司法をハイジャックする：日本の反カルト弁護士たちは山上裁判をどう利用しているか
神谷弁護士と山口弁護士は、宗教的不寛容と差別の宣言文を法廷に持ち込んだ。
African Indigenous Spirituality, The Revelation Spiritual Home, and IMboni iNkosi YamaKhosi oMoya Dr. Radebe
The new Cambridge University Press book “The Revelation Spiritual Home” was launched in Cape Town.
Tecnologie biometriche e vie di fuga: perché il riconoscimento facciale non rende “obsoleti” i racconti dei rifugiati cinesi
La repressione tecnologica avanza. Ma avanzano anche i mezzi per eluderla.
Unification Church in Japan: Attorney Kito Teaches Sociology to Sociologists
A sociologist condemns the Unification Church-bashing. The anti-cult lawyer’s answer shows he ignores the basic principles of sociology.
安倍晋三暗殺とヘイトスピーチ――一線を越えたのは誰か？
反カルトジャーナリストの鈴木エイトは、安倍氏が統一教会を支持していたことから暗殺は「腑に落ちた」と衝撃的な主張をしている。
Hijacking Justice: How Japan’s Anti-Cult Lawyers Are Exploiting the Yamagami Trial
Attorneys Kamiya and Yamaguchi brought to court a manifesto for religious intolerance and discrimination.
From Mount Zion to Tai Ji Men: Freedom of Religion or Belief Issues in Taiwan
The Tai Ji Men case and the persecution of the New Testament Church: how state control over religion has evolved—but not disappeared.
Roses Are Red, Loyalty Is Too: How China Weaponizes Love
“Religion, Secularism, and Love” by Ting Guo is about the political use of the world’s oldest control tool.
Massimo Introvigne
Massimo Introvigne (born June 14, 1955 in Rome) is an Italian sociologist of religions. He is the founder and managing director of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), an international network of scholars who study new religious movements. Introvigne is the author of some 70 books and more than 100 articles in the field of sociology of religion. He was the main author of the Enciclopedia delle religioni in Italia (Encyclopedia of Religions in Italy). He is a member of the editorial board for the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion and of the executive board of University of California Press' Nova Religio. From January 5 to December 31, 2011, he has served as the "Representative on combating racism, xenophobia and discrimination, with a special focus on discrimination against Christians and members of other religions" of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). From 2012 to 2015 he served as chairperson of the Observatory of Religious Liberty, instituted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to monitor problems of religious liberty on a worldwide scale.